Garage insurance

Insure the contents of your garage, including gardening tools, power tools, sport and gym equipment with home garage insurance.

Insure the contents of your garage under your home insurance

Insure the contents of your garage and other outbuildings, including gardening tools, power tools, sport and gym equipment under your home insurance policy.

HomeProtect can provide cover for outbuildings, located within the boundary of the property, that you are legally responsible for. We do not provide cover for separate garages.

What’s stored in your garage?

Garages are home to lawnmowers, tool kits and bicycles. More often than not, we also use the garage as a bit of a dumping ground for those items that don’t quite have a place in the house too. The cost of all those items can quickly add up but they are often forgotten when seeking home contents insurance.

Theft is a big concern for belongings stored in the garage or shed. Fitting new locks, security lighting or installing a burglar alarm can make a great difference and be a useful deterrent to thieves. Even so, having all the items in your garage covered by insurance will give you added peace of mind that your contents are protected, should the worst happen.

Garage contents insurance for your forgotten belongings

All of the items that you store in your garage, like tools and bicycles, can add up to several thousand pounds. If you haven’t already then it’s well worth calculating the value of the contents of your garage and other outbuildings, just as you would do for the main house, and add this to your total sum insured.

As standard, your policy will cover you for theft of garage contents. There is also a £1,500 single item limit, so you must specify any belongings over that value to receive the full replacement amount if they are stolen or damaged.

Does home insurance cover garage doors?

Yes, as the garage is an outbuilding damage caused to the structure itself is covered under Buildings insurance . This is separate to your Contents insurance and the belongings stored in your garage.

Note that, in some cases, increasing contents cover will cause a referral. A HomeProtect home insurance policy will cover detached outbuildings for up to £7,500 under buildings insurance.

Get a quote for garage contents insurance online

Home, Outbuildings and Boundary at a glance

Note: These diagrams are for illustration only. If there’s a conflict between the diagrams and the wording in your policy, the wording should be used.

Satisfied customers

I only stay with an insurance company if I think they are reliable, fair and efficient - from my experience HomeProtect ticks all the boxes. Trustpilot, 12 February 2017

Really pleasantly surprised at the attitude of this company - couldn't have been more helpful in starting a new policy. Situation was not straightforward but the representative referred to a supervisor when in doubt and a positive response was given very quickly. Impressive! Trustpilot, 18 April 2017

All staff that I had spoken to were professional, had good open communication and clear with the policy. All terminology was explained and time taken to answer any questions. No concerns. Would recommend to others. Trustpilot, 28 June 2017